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Book SynopsisThis detailed and compassionate book will be of great interest to medical professionals, students, public health policy makers, philanthropic donors, and those with a general interest in global health.
Trade ReviewMakes a passionate plea for greater access to surgery and describes populations with potentially debilitating yet readily treatable conditions... Chapters are effectively written to combine human interest with essential technical detail. Doody's Review Service [Kushner] has weaved science, evidence, global surgery, and public health in a journalistic, readable style. In this 100 page account of the importance of surgery for global health, Kushner's editing was as sharp as his scalpel, but with the hope of good surgical outcomes for all. The Lancet For [those] who work in surgical areas in UK healthcare this book is a must read. Nursing Times
Table of ContentsContributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Quantifying the Need for Surgical Care: A Case Study from Sierra Leone
Chapter 2. Children's Health: Clubfoot Repair in Nepal
Chapter 3. Women's Health: Access to Cesarean Sections in Ethiopia
Chapter 4. HIV and Surgical Care: Improving Outcomes in Malawi
Chapter 5. Cancer: Treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Chapter 6. Anesthesia: Educating Providers in Ghana
Chapter 7. Trauma: Implementing Trauma Registries in Tanzania
Chapter 8. Orthopaedics: The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Chapter 9. Minimally Invasive Surgery: Challenges in Rural Mongolia
Chatper 10. Surgical Process Improvement: Strategies to Combat Limitations in Ghana
Chapter 11. Medical Student Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conclusion
